Gareth Southgate Quotes

Everyone wants to play in the Champions' League because that's where it is all happening. That's where you get the A-status for players. It's very important for young players.

When you leave Real Madrid - a famous club worldwide - it's normal to get criticism.

Being the Rated-R Superstar, I have to live up to the reputation.

You're only England captain for a very short space of time.

The England job is unique and brings a certain pressure. I've experienced some of that pressure at the clubs I've been at.

Being an NFL quarterback there's a lot of advantages that come with it. There are a lot of doors that open when you're a quarterback but at the same time there's a lot of scrutiny. There are a lot of things you can't do as well.

The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop.

Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.

It doesn't take much to get a high profile in Australia.

The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.

The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.

I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.

The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

I'm kind of like Britney Spears having a headache. Everybody wants to know about it.

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.

You can't really fault people who are experiencing fame. They're just making their way through, and everybody around them is reflecting this fame right back at them. It's strange.

It's very stressful being the No. 1 player in the world. You're in the limelight a lot. You've got more things to do when you get to tournaments, more things to do off weeks. But I wouldn't change it in any way because this is exactly where I want to be. I want to try and stay here as long as I can while I can because nothing beats this feeling.

It's an incredible privilege to be the England manager, but when you sit and think about the people who have got to this point before, people I hugely respect and admire... it's difficult to put it into perspective, really.

To reach the biggest club in the world where there are millions of fans and a lot of pressure was a brutal change.

I don't think I can fully explain what happens when you take on the role of quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Sometimes, I can't even explain it to myself.

Everything I do is major news.

Coaching England is a huge job, and no ambitious coach would rule himself out completely.